Police say a man who tried to break in to a home in Massachusetts evaded police by jumping into a lake, where he was concealed by fog.Watch the report Authorities say the break-in happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday on the northwest side of Lake Holbrook. The man was chased away by the homeowner and police, after the homeowner was alerted by the barking of his dog."He did get in my barn, then cops were here and cornered him and he took off into the water," said John Santagata, the homeowner. The suspect jumped into the water when he was spotted by an officer. Fog obscured officers' view of the suspect."There's good fishing, but I wouldn't swim in it," said Santagata, referring to pollution in the lake. Search and rescue crews were set up across the lake, but the suspect was not located. No one was hurt and nothing was taken.

HOLBROOK, Mass. —

Police say a man who tried to break in to a home in Massachusetts evaded police by jumping into a lake, where he was concealed by fog.

Authorities say the break-in happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday on the northwest side of Lake Holbrook. The man was chased away by the homeowner and police, after the homeowner was alerted by the barking of his dog.

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"He did get in my barn, then cops were here and cornered him and he took off into the water," said John Santagata, the homeowner.

The suspect jumped into the water when he was spotted by an officer.

Fog obscured officers' view of the suspect.

"There's good fishing, but I wouldn't swim in it," said Santagata, referring to pollution in the lake.

Search and rescue crews were set up across the lake, but the suspect was not located.